2023 Ship Promo Post!

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We know most of you have been looking forward to this post, so without further ado, here's your chance to share what you love about the rare ships you've nominated and will either request and/or offer! Some of the rare ships in the tagset belong to rare canons. If you're someone who loves trying new canons or is currently on the hunt to become obsessive about something else, this is a great post for you!

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Tomoya/Tomoyo/Takafumi

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Canon: Tomoyo After: It’s a Wonderful Life

Ships: Okazaki Tomoya/Sakagami Tomoyo/Sakagami Takafumi

Media: Video Game (/powerpoint presentation- it’s a visual novel)

A summary of the canon: A ~15 hour VN that is a sequel to Tomoyo Route in Clannad (a much, much longer VN, but Tomoyo’s route is probably 10 hours max including common route?). Okazaki Tomoya has graduated and moved out, he is dating Sakagami Tomoyo and is also regularly visited by her brother Takafumi.
Slice of life that gets interrupted by plot- an abandoned illegitimate child and half-sister of the Sakagami siblings comes to stay at the Okazaki residence (called Tomo- yes, the similar names are certainly a... choice), followed by Takafumi’s ex-girlfriend Kanako who has run away from home. There is a main plot about trying to reunite Tomo with her mother which is supposed to be emotional, though I mostly find it frustrating. For me, this game is best at showing the playful everyday interactions between the characters.

What do you love about this ship/these ships?: Canon is full of moments for each element of this ship. Tomoya/Tomoyo are dating, so that’s easy enough, and they already had a much more sexual relationship than with most Clannad girls. Takafumi has only recently met Tomoya yet he calls him Nii-chan and constantly hangs out at Tomoya’s flat ‘til late at night (and has his own key). The game opens with Tomoya/Tomoyo sexy scenes that Takafumi keeps interrupting. As seen in Clannad, Tomoya is a filthy incest-shipper and he asks Takafumi if he’s attracted to Tomoyo. Tomoyo repeatedly accuses Tomoya and Takafumi of being romantically/sexually involved. Tomoyo literally kisses Takafumi on the mouth. Etc. etc.
Tomoya and Takafumi get on very well, incest ships are fun, Takafumi is the cutest! With a different target audience, this would be an obvious ship: writer Maeda Jun’s enthusiasm for homophobic ‘ha, gay’ jokes read as shippy as ever, but maybe not to people seeking a waifu.

What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Pretty much anything, all is welcome emotionally- happy or sad, romantic or casual or relationship issues or non-con or whatever. But porn definitely appreciated.

Content warnings: Underage incest ship. The VN has a sad ending, deals with death, protag makes poor choices, child abandonment, early 2000s humour.

You can check the Tomoyo After tag on my journal for some screenshots